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Fighting Illini vs Spartans

CBB • Reg. Season • Feb 8 2026

Breslin Center

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45

Fighting Illini

825

Spartans

8510

Team

1st2ndOTFinal

Fighting Illini

Fighting Illini

39321182

Spartans

35361485

Takes

Absolute Thriller. Jeremy Fears is well on his way to being the most hated man in the sport

Around the World

Hell of a game. Clutch shooting from both teams. Fears put the team on his back in OT; he also successfully rage baited all of Illinois social media 😂

Great Game with a great Finish. MSU played phenomenal defense on Wagler and Fears took over in the end for MSU and had an insane double double.

Fears is that guy

Despite their best efforts, Michigan State somehow pulled this one out

Another UNBELIEVABLE game. The three by Teng - the clutch free throws by Jake Davis - the crazy long three by Wagler in OT - then to THROW IT AWAY and get a look, tough ending. Unreal game

@adhdsportsfanatic

What a wild game. Proud of the fight the Fighting Illini gave but MSU deserved that win.

WHOOOOO WHAT A GAME

So so sad. Literally a rebound away from another insane road win under the belt. Just couldn’t quite match the physicality all the way through the end

Pretty good game but man the refs were so bad. I hate to blame it on that but OT was completely slowed down just because of free throws, most of the fouls weren’t fouls. Anyway, Jeremy Fears did his thing and Keaton Wagler struggled a lot.

Michigan State bounces back from the loss to Minnesota earlier in the week and upsets top five Illinois

@underwoodforheisman

MSU almost lost from Fears trying to shoot instead of foul bait with the 2nd half about to end but damn. Good win for them

Jeremy Fears is worse than SGA. I hate foulbaiting just make a normal shot. Outside of that good game